152 results found for: refugees
| Refugees urge resumption of repatriation to Moba; UNHCR waits | |
UNHCR - October 8, 2007 | |
The UN refugee agency has told Congolese refugees anxious to return home from Zambia that it will only resume repatriation operations to Moba on Lake Tanganyika when the UN is able to return to the port town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). | |
| UNHCR concerned over build-up of forces and military supplies in North Kivu | |
UNHCR - October 7, 2007 | |
 | Over the past week, some 5,000 displaced people in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) took advantage of a lull in fighting between government forces, renegade troops and rebels, to find refuge at five sites for the displaced in the Mugunga area west of Goma. Some had walked for days to reach the sites. |
| Thousands of refugees return home - UNHCR | |
IRIN - October 4, 2007 | |
 | At least 43,000 refugees returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between January and October, with another 310,000 still in neighbouring countries, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). |
| Many thousands flee more fighting in eastern DR Congo, UN reports | |
UN News - October 1, 2007 | |
 | Fresh fighting between Government forces, renegade troops and rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has uprooted yet more people, with new waves in the coming days expected to add to the over 100,000 who have already fled the latest conflict, United Nations agencies said today as they mobilized to face the crisis. |
| Displaced DRC Citizens Relocate Amid Lull in Fighting | |
VOA News - September 24, 2007 | |
 | Thousands of displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have in recent days fled camps in search of safer and better places to live. Many are arriving in a refugee site called Bulengo, afraid to return home, despite a recent lull in fighting between government and rebel troops. |
| Refugees on the move as DR Congo fighting escalates | |
IWPR - September 19, 2007 | |
| Refugees continue to flee the fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as allegations emerge of Rwandan government support for ethnic Tutsi rebels. The fighting in the North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, is between government troops and the forces of dissident general Laurent Nkunda. |
| Military Escalation Likely in DRC Say Analysts | |
VOA News - September 14, 2007 | |
The United Nations says Congolese president Joseph Kabila's latest comments on getting rebel forces to join the army marked a positive step towards bringing peace to the volatile North Kivu region, which has seen heavy fighting in recent weeks. Mr. Kabila called on the rebel fighters to rejoin the national army and said he would hold talks to solve the conflict in Kivu. | |
| DRC Rebel Leader Nkunda Says Ready to Join Army | |
VOA News - September 14, 2007 | |
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the leader of the rebel National Congress for the People's Defense, General Laurent Nkunda said his forces are ready to join the national army after their demands are met. This follows threats by DRC President Joseph Kabila for renegade soldiers in eastern Congo to rejoin the national army or face forcible disarmament. | |
| Kabila urges rebel leader to agree on army integration | |
IRIN - September 14, 2007 | |
 | President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo has urged dissident General Laurent Nkunda to integrate his forces voluntarily into the national army or face force. |
| DRC-RWANDA: Good neighbourliness a long way off - analyst | |
IRIN - September 7, 2007 | |
 | The recent meeting between senior Rwandan and Congolese officials saw some agreement on strategies to minimise tension between the two countries, but did not achieve a breakthrough to firmly deal with the rebellion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an analyst said. |
